Mesosemia eumene race attavus J. Zikán, 1952

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui, Song, Leina & Grishin, Nick V., 2023, Genomic analysis reveals new species and subspecies of butterflies, The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 11 (6), pp. 1-63 : 17

Mesosemia eumene race attavus J. Zikán, 1952 is a species distinct from Ectosemia eumene (Cramer, 1776)

The genomic comparison reveals that Mesosemia eumene race attavus J. Zikán, 1952 ( type locality in Brazil: Amazonas, São Gabriel da Cachoeira municipality, Rio Negro), currently a subspecies of Ectosemia eumene (Cramer, 1776) ( type locality in Suriname), is strongly differentiated genetically from the latter ( Fig. 15), e.g., COI barcode difference of 4.4% (29 bp). These genetic and also pronounced phenotypic differences in wing patterns (narrower dark brown dorsal hindwing bands) and shapes (more distinct from Ectosemia eumene (Cramer, 1776) .